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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 50 through.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 43, Sherman was ordered to prepare to attack _________________ and he successfully maneuvered into position.
(a) Cincinnati.
(b) Chattanooga.
(c) Knoxville.
(d) Lexington.

2. In Chapter 34, the Union troops captured Port ____________. Grant was accompanied by his thirteen-year-old son.
(a) Oregon.
(b) Gibson.
(c) Smith.
(d) Washington.

3. Grant said the Confederate losses were bound to be higher and outlined his plans to do what?
(a) Contact the families of those who had died.
(b) Convince the Confederates to surrender.
(c) Continue the attack, even if it took the entire summer.
(d) Surrender.

4. When Lee's forces were discovered, what did Grant learn?
(a) He was planning to resign.
(b) He'd chosen a place to stand and fight that gave him the tactical advantage.
(c) He had many injured soldiers.
(d) He was in need of reinforcements.

5. Ulysses S. Grant's mother was ______________ and her family was from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and he knew little about her parentage.
(a) Harriet Smith.
(b) Hannah Simpson.
(c) Henrietta Sawyer.
(d) Hillary Scott.

Short Answer Questions

1. A letter dated _____________, 1864, from Grant to General Meade, indicated Grant's desire that Meade determine when he should withdraw troops from a deadly situation and when to press.

2. The book includes a series of footnotes, apparently written by ____________, further explaining sections of the text.

3. Grant contrasted General _______ with General Taylor.

4. In Chapter 35, Grant learned that McPherson's campaign was successful and Grant, who was with Sherman's men, pressed the advantage in order to capture who?

5. In Chapter 17, states continued to secede from the Union and the Civil War broke out in ________ of 1861.

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